Month: October 2017

There will be a MESH Training event this coming Saturday, the 28th of October at the Miller Public Safety and Education Building in room 275 starting at 9AM.

Please feel free to forward this to invite your friends! We have a large room! Hams and even non Hams that are interested in the Public Safety value of MESH in an emergency are welcome.

Session 1 9AM – 9:50 Basic MESH what is it, how does it work, what can it do. OK, I have a link up, Now what do I do? (covered briefly, Session 3 more in depth)

Session 2 10AM – 10:50 Advanced MESH–When you use something in a different way than the Engineers designed it, Bad things will happen! How to make it work, with the Wasatch 100 as an example of one solution to MESH issues. How to make AREDN work in the real world. The three issues that AREDN has that will bring the network to a screeching halt, and how to solve or get around them.

Session 3 11:00AM – 11:50 Tools and programs to help set up and utilize MESH, The three Step method to make sure a link will work. What can you do on the MESH pipeline? (Bring a laptop if you can to setup and view online tools for yourself – not a lot of power outlets, will have some for you).

Afterwards MESH Equipment show and tell, examples of hardware, and also Hardware available to be purchased at Super Buy prices – normally much less than the going rate!

Miller Public Safety & Education Building (410 West 9800 South Sandy)

Salt Lake Community College Miller Campus

Room 275

After the training, the following MESH equipment will be available:

ESH Ham Radio Equipment Super Buy!

Used Nanobridge M2 Radio only $20 each

Used Nanobridge M5 Radio only $25 each

Used Ubiquiti Networks NanoBridge M2 2.4Ghz and M5 5.8GHz MIMO Radio only – This will fit in the NanoBridge high gain dish that many of you have already. The 5.8Ghz and 2.4Ghz radios are inter-changeable, allowing you to have a go-kit parabolic system with both radios! I have several radios in my bag of each frequency programmed with different loads, Ubiquity OS, HSMM-Mesh and AREDN. You just plug in the one you need!

Ubiquiti Nanostation M2 $40 each These are the more powerful Nanostation, not the Nano Loco.

Walk-in registrations are accepted, but books will be distributed first to pre-registrants

There are many ways to study for the FCC exam, but attendance at a live course provides extra content, an opportunity to see live demonstrations and ask questions, and to meet a great group of people aiming for the same goal. We hope to see you there!